I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting. I see no errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage:
Initializing hardware... storage network audio
The cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard reset to get out of it. This server has no audio capabilities, so I am thinking that I just need to disable the audio stuff so it doesn't even try to load it, but I don't know where to look.
I got around these hangs by disabling on-board audio int the machine setup.
On 10/11/06, Bowie Bailey Bowie_Bailey@buc.com wrote:
I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting. I see no errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage:
Initializing hardware... storage network audioThe cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard reset to get out of it. This server has no audio capabilities, so I am thinking that I just need to disable the audio stuff so it doesn't even try to load it, but I don't know where to look.
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Bowie Bailey wrote:
I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting. I see no errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage:
Initializing hardware... storage network audioThe cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard reset to get out of it. This server has no audio capabilities, so I am thinking that I just need to disable the audio stuff so it doesn't even try to load it, but I don't know where to look.
I had a similar problem with some older Intel boards. Disabling the cheesy onboard audio in the motherboard bios "fixed" it.
Cheers,
It sounds like this is happening when /etc/rc.sysinit runs. Pretty odd that only happens intermittently.
I kinda question whether it acutally hangs loading audio drivers..if you look at the script it does not print "audio" until after it loads those drivers. It could be hanging when loading a module after that. I would suggest either adding some debugging lines to that script..or if you are sure that it actually is the "audio" bit that is hanging your server, just comment out the lines that load sound drivers.
(it's a little gross to suggest changing a file like rc.sysinit, but to me it sounds like the only way to track down which module is actually hanging the server)
Cheers, Mike
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Bowie Bailey Sent: October 11, 2006 11:44 AM To: CentOS mailing list (E-mail) Subject: [CentOS] Server hangs initializing audio
I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting. I see no errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage:
Initializing hardware... storage network audio
The cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard reset to get out of it. This server has no audio capabilities, so I am thinking that I just need to disable the audio stuff so it doesn't even try to load it, but I don't know where to look.
On 10/11/06, Bowie Bailey Bowie_Bailey@buc.com wrote:
I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting. I see no errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage:
Initializing hardware... storage network audioThe cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard reset to get out of it.
The boot message is a red herring, it really doesn't have anything to do with the audio.
It *might* have something to do with ACPI ... search the CentOS list archives for a thread with the subject "CentOS 4.2 hangs at power-on boot" from February 2006. I had the same problem, and in fact still do, though now it's intermittent.
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